The Junk Shop (1965)
The Junk Shop (1965)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently The Junk Shop is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Václav Halama
Hanta
František Ketzek
Chief
Bobina Maršátová
Marie
Libuše Palečková
Mother
Jan Vlček
Sacrist
Olga Novotná
Růžena Vlčková
Radim Cvrček
Karel Hadrbolec
Antonín Dimitrov
Ivana Klíčníková
Ivo Gübel
Bohoušek (voice)
Josef Calta
ProductionDesigner
Ota Motyčka
Sacrist (voice)
Marie Rosůlková
Client with Letters (voice)
Juraj Herz
Screenplay / Director
Bohumil Hrabal
Screenplay / Short Story
Jaromír Janáček
Editor
Jaroslav Prokop
Production Manager
Štěpán Koníček
Conductor
Olga Dimitrovová
Costume Design
Jordan Balurov
Assistant Production Manager
Rudolf Milič
Director of Photography
Květa Lehovcová
First Assistant Director
Media.
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The Junk Shop (Czech: Sběrné surovosti) is a 1965 Czechoslovak comedic short film directed by Juraj Herz, based on a story by Bohumil Hrabal called Baron Prasil. It is the very first film made by the director. Though his very first film, it displays his knack for bizarre, disquieting and creepy visuals that will become more prominent throughout his career. This film was originally intended to be part of the anthology film Pearls of the Deep but it was excluded due to its running time being too long. The film follows a group of comical patrons and shopkeepers at a local junk shop, including Hanta (Václav Halama), the titular Baron Prasil, a pervert, comedian and scoundrel who is missing his front teeth, his boss Bohoušek (František Ketzek), a straight man who is constantly aggravated by the odd personalities at his shop and Mařenka ( Bobina Maršatová ), a beautiful woman who lives on the next floor who Bohoušek admires. Hedvicka is another young woman Bohoušek admires though she offends him when she mentions the scale he steps on lists his weight as 364 pounds. "Cleo" is another patron, an older Hindu woman with facial hair growing in who constantly irritates Bohoušek with tales of her former youth and beauty. The cast is largely non-professional actors which is not unusual for the Czech new wave.